If Miami’s new Mayor Eileen Higgins thought her first gavel strike would come with a ceremonial smile and a welcome bouquet, City Hall disabused her of that notion quickly. Very quickly. After the ceremonial but legally required acknowledgment of the Dec. 9 runoff results at Thursday’s commission meeting, things really start to roll. Applause. Smiles. […]
Rolando Escalona, who got into the runoff for the Miami District 3 seat with former Commissioner Frank Carollo, didn’t just get two new endorsements this week. He got two full-throated “por favor, anyone but a Carollo” testimonials wrapped in veteran creds and political déjà vu. Both Rob Piper and Oscar Elio Alejandro — the two […]
Did anybody really think a Carollo was gonna get bounced from a Miami election that easily? In true Magic City fashion, Miami-Dade Judge Peter Lopez ruled Wednesday that Frank Carollo can stay on the Dec. 9 runoff ballot for the District 3 commission seat — despite that new voter-approved lifetime term limits referendum that was […]
Either decision will likely be appealed Will former Miami city commissioner Frank Carollo remain on the runoff ballot Dec. 9 or won’t he? We probably won’t know before absentee or mail-in ballots go out next week. On Monday, Circuit Court Judge Peter Lopez heard arguments in yet another Miami election case. This one seeks to […]
The ink on Miami’s new lifetime term limits isn’t even dry — and already, some voters are asking a judge to make sure the city doesn’t pretend not to see it. Three Miami residents — Victor Milanes, Alex Almirola and Oscar Elio Alejandro, who case in fourth— filed an emergency injunction Tuesday night to block […]
Candidate Denise Galvez Turros loses residency challenge Just in time before the election that ends Tuesday, a court said “nope” last week to the last-ditch attempt to boot Rolando Escalona off the ballot for Miami’s Commission District 3 race — so he can still win this. Or, more likely, get into the runoff with former […]
It’s become a tradition in Miami to establish a new residency so you can run for office. And District 3 Commission candidate Rolando Escalona admitted to Ladra that he had moved to a small apartment in East Little Havana after his home, a duplex in West Little Havana, was drawn out of the district and […]